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The Tuesday gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Steam’s Top 10

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GOG doesn’t have any new sales or promo, but has announced that two titles of the Star Ocean franchise have landed on the store. And, to celebrate that, the games will be between 50 to 60% off until the 9th of August. Check them out here: https://www.gog.com/en/news/the_legendary_star_ocean_series_has_arrived_on_gog

Steam ha new deals and sales/events:

• FOR HONOR is going to be 85% off until Thursday: https://store.steampowered.com/app/304390/FOR_HONOR/
• Forbidden Solitaire will have a 25% discount until the 10th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/Forbidden_Solitaire/
• Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates will be 33% off until August 10: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3549020/Caribbean_Legend_Age_of_Pirates/
• The Early Access Stoneshard , that has a demo, has a 35% discount that will last until the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/625960/Stoneshard/
• Terra Invicta is going to be 50% off until the same August, the 10th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/
• These are the new sales/events:
  • Monochropoly is a sale full of games with a limited range of colours (mostly black and white). There are upcoming releases, demos and games up to 85% off. The length of the deals vary, : https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46149935/sale/Monochropoly2026
  • From Poland With Love 2026 brings upcoming releases, demos and games on sale with up to 94% discounts. The length of the deals also vary from game to game: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/FromPolandWithLove2026
  • WB LEGO Franchise Sale has mostly Batman games with up to 90% discounts. Most, but not all, deals will end by the 10th of August: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/WBLegoFranchiseSale
• And there are also new weeklong deals

The Humble Store has two new sales:

• Koei Tecmo Publisher Sale has games on sale with up to 80% discounts and will last 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/koei-tecmo-summer-sale-26/
• WB LEGO Franchise Sale will have games up to 90% off during 13 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/lego-franchise-sale/

Fanatical has the new VIP Mystery Bundle has three unknown games and will last and unknown amount of time: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/vip-mystery-bundle.

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 610.88 driver
https://videocardz.com/driver/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-610-88

HIGHLIGHTS
Game Ready for Halo: Campaign Evolved & Gears of War: E-Day Beta
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS and RTX technologies including Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Beta, and Mistfall Hunter.

FIXED ISSUES
Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• [Halo: Campaign Evolved]: Resolved game crashes observed on RTX 50 Series GPUs with R610 drivers. [6259837]
• Path of Exile 2: Fixed intermittent long pauses that could occur after extended gameplay sessions in DX12 mode [5090018]
• Silent Hill F: Gaming stability improvements [6432954]
• [Strange Brigade/Zombie Army 4:Dead War]: Game may crash when exiting if NVIDIA App In-Game Overlay is enabled [6392324]
• Improves frame pacing in certain DX11 games when Smooth Motion is used while GSYNC is enabled [6300603]

Fixed General Bugs:

• RTX Dynamic Vibrance is incorrectly applied to Wallpaper Engine [6244021]
• Paint.NET may crash during launch when NVIDIA Surround is enabled [5366537]

You won't have to worry about limited bandwidth or data now that Valve has fixed local network game transfers on Steam
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/you-wont-have-to-worry-about-limited-bandwidth-or-data-now-that-valve-has-fixed-local-network-game-transfers-on-steam/
One saving grace of a flat mate is setting up 'family sharing' on each other's Steam libraries at the earliest opportunity. Another saving grace is leveraging local network game transfers to then have a go at whichever game has become your roommate's flavour of the month, and judging them accordingly.
Recently though, Steam's local network game transfers hadn't been working as intended. For instance, some folk would attempt to kick off a local transfer, only for Steam to download via the internet instead. That's less than ideal if your bandwidth is scarce or you're working with limited data. Thankfully, Valve shipped a fix to the stable channel of the Steam Client on Monday.
That means, you should now be able to transfer games between gaming desktops, laptops, and handhelds like the Steam Deck once more—so long as you've got the most up to date version of the Steam client installed. Stick with me, because I'll tell you how to check Steam is up to date on your PC and Steam Deck.

After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/after-leaving-epic-games-last-month-its-former-unreal-evangelist-is-now-building-his-own-game-engine/
In June, Sjoerd De Jong—an Unreal Engine modder and map creator turned full-time specialist at Epic Games—announced that he was leaving the company after 12 years as a senior director and Unreal Engine "lead evangelist." In a cryptic departure message, he said the games industry was at a "pivotal point," and he's aiming to "work out how to adapt and excel" at addressing the changing needs of videogame development.
We now have a clearer idea of De Jong's plans for navigating the games industry's future. In an interview with This Week in Videogames, De Jong revealed what he's tackling next: He's building a game engine of his own.
De Jong's nascent game engine competitor is called the Immens Engine, and he's building it alongside a small team of co-founders that includes former Epic technical director Arjan Brussee.

MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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GAMING NEWS

Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Open Beta Begins on August 6
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/gears-of-war-e-day-multiplayer-open-beta-begins-on-august-6/
NVIDIA has revealed that the multiplayer open beta phase for Gears of War: E-Day will begin on August 6. Moreover, the green team has released a new driver that you can get from here.